06.22.2016 News Town Board weighs water protection proposition Voters could be deciding in November whether to allow up to 20 percent of Community Preservation Fund revenues to be used for water quality projects rather than land...
05.23.2016 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY People were reading Jacqueline Susann’s novel, “Valley of the Dolls.”
04.05.2016 News Thiele, LaValle secure money for Peconic Estuary Program Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) and Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) have secured $200,000 in the 2016-17 New York State budget to help protect and restore the Peconic...
11.02.2015 News Scallop season opens with optimism On the first Monday in November, New York baymen take their boats out in the dark to carefully considered scalloping spots. At sunrise, over the side go the first...
10.30.2015 News Pact pledges Peconic Estuary protection The East End Supervisors and Mayors Association (EESMA) has unveiled a “Peconic Estuary Protection Committee” with Suffolk County to determine the condition of area waters and address remediation efforts...